Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 9, 1806
The party loaded canoes and traveled until 11 o'clock, stopping at a large Al-e-is village on the north side, where many huts stood empty and three canoe-loads of villagers were departing to fish at the falls. They ate breakfast and purchased five dogs, noting the women wore only small leather bandages and shoulder robes. Clouds and rain came in the afternoon. By evening they reached a large rapid at the lower end of Strawberry Island, bought two more dogs from natives settling there, crossed over, and camped behind the island in continuing rain.
fore loaded our canoes and proceeded on till u o’clock
when we stopped at a large Indian village on the north side;
but a number of the huts were unoccupied. They are of the
Al-e-is nation. At the time we halted 3 canoe loads of them
were setting out for the falls to fish. We took breakfast here
and bought 5 dogs from them. The women all wear the small
leather bandage, but are quite naked otherwise, except what
is covered by the small robe they wear round their shoulders.
In the afternoon the weather became cloudy and some rain
fell. In the evening we came to a large rapid at the lower end
of Strawberry island ; where there are a number of the natives
about settling on the north side. Here we crossed over, after
buying two dogs from them, and encamped behind the island.
Some rain continued falling.
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In the forenoon we loaded our canoes and proceeded on until 11 o'clock, when we stopped at a large Indian village on the north side; but a number of the huts were unoccupied. They are of the Al-e-is nation. At the time we halted, 3 canoe loads of them were setting out for the falls to fish. We took breakfast here and bought 5 dogs from them. The women all wear the small leather bandage, but are quite naked otherwise, except for what is covered by the small robe they wear around their shoulders.
In the afternoon the weather became cloudy and some rain fell. In the evening we came to a large rapid at the lower end of Strawberry Island, where there are a number of the natives about settling on the north side. Here we crossed over, after buying two dogs from them, and camped behind the island. Some rain continued falling.
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